[Coco] MESS Emulator

[Bob Devries]

John, DSKINI.EXE only formats Disk BASIC format not OS9. If you use DSKINI 
to format a disk, it is not usable under OS9.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] MESS Emulator


> DSKINI formated the diskette. the JV/JC emulator returns Error 247 seek 
> error.
>
> John Donaldson
>
>
> Robert Gault wrote:
>
>> Before you try anything else, place a fresh disk (or one with no 
>> important data) in drive B: and use the PC utility DSKINI.EXE to format 
>> it
>> DSKINI B: /T35
>>
>> Then start the JV/JC emulator and see if the disk in drive B: can be read 
>> with a DIR3. If you still can't read the disk, then there is some BIOS or 
>> hardware issue on the PC. Post the results of this test.
>>
>> If the disk could be read on the emulator, place the disk in a Coco drive 
>> and copy some files to it. Take it back to the PC and try to read it with 
>> the emulator.
>>
>> John Donaldson wrote:
>>
>>> Robert,
>>>   I wish you would tell me how to make it work. I am using a 486 DX 
>>> running MSDOS
>>> 6.2. I have a 3" drive on A: and a real 360K drive on B: I bought a real 
>>> copy of TSWORD
>>> for both RDOS and OS9. On the emulator I have 4 discrptors setup the 4th 
>>> is setup for
>>> 35TSSSD which is what the COCO OS9 disk is formated in. I set the 
>>> emulator to have
>>> drive B: as /D3. When I put the diskette in and do a DIR /D3, the drive 
>>> spins but returns
>>> an error. I also put a fresh diskette in and tryed to format it and 
>>> again it failed. It is the
>>> same for both the JV and JC emulators. I know the drive is good because 
>>> I can format
>>> read/write under MSDOS.
>>>
>>> John Donaldson
>>>
>>>
>>> Robert Gault wrote:
>>>
>>>> You probably are running into the problem that was just discussed here 
>>>> in length. Before you use the floppy on the Coco, run DSKINI.EXE on it 
>>>> from the PC. Then you can write to it on the Coco and read it on the PC 
>>>> from an emulator.
>>>>
>>>> When I say that the JV emulator works with real floppies, I'm not just 
>>>> repeating the docs that come with the emulator. I'm reporting actual 
>>>> results on my WIN98SE system.
>>>>
>>>> John Donaldson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Robert,
>>>>>   That is true, but if you set /d0 to say b: and then try and do even 
>>>>> a DIR /D0, it does not
>>>>> work. The drive spins but returns either a seek or rad error.  I have 
>>>>> a old 486 DX with
>>>>> a real 360K coco drive as the B drive.
>>>>>   You should be able to put a OS9 boot disk in it and it should boot 
>>>>> OS9. It does not.
>>>>> I know the drive works with a COCO, since I bought at one of the last 
>>>>> fests I attended.
>>>>>
>>>>> John donaldson
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Robert Gault wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The JV emulator will access real floppies from within the emulator. 
>>>>>> You just need to tell the emulator that a drive# goes to a:, b:, or 
>>>>>> whatever your drive number is.
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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